10 healthy drinks to boost your body from the inside out

Choose a drink with hidden health benefits

We all know that adopting a healthy eating regime boosts the body, helps us to lose weight and can be linked to achieving a gorgeous, glowing complexion – but what about drinking healthily? With easily as many nutritional values, it's just as important to sip on healthy drinks to maintain a healthy body.

In its simplest form, water is the optimum choice when it comes to healthy drinks. Drinking water is essential for keeping the body hydrated, refreshed and full of energy. Drinking plenty of H20 regulates the body's fluid balance, which in turn helps to transport nutrients around the body, control temperature and digest food.

Drinking water can also help with muscle tension, weight loss and calorie control as well as boosting the body with energy and clearing the skin of unwanted toxins. The list of health benefits is endless! But we all know that drinking water on its own can be a bit of a bore, so if you want to feel good about gulping, it's time to get creative with your healthy drinks! Opt for herbal tea, certain fruit juices or even flavoured waters to ensure that you drink as much as possible throughout the day and keep your body healthy and fully hydrated.

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Benecol Fruit Yoghurt

Benecol Fruit Yoghurt

Benecol's healthy yoghurt drinks help protect your heart by lowering cholesterol levels. How? It's all thanks to an impressive-sounding ingredient called Plant Sanol Ester, which blocks cholesterol from entering the bloodstream. Studies suggest it can reduce LDL cholesterol by up to 14% as part of a healthy diet and lifestyle. Oh, and bursting with fruit, this counts as one of your five-a-day.

Benecol yoghurt drink, £3.85 for pack of 6, Sainsbury's and other nationwide supermarkets

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Arizona Green Tea With Ginseng Honey

Arizona Green Tea With Ginseng Honey

Bursting with health benefits, AriZona Green Tea is a fruity cocktail with an assortment of exotic flavours. Infused with detoxifying ginseng honey, this has a calming effect on the body and works to reduce stress levels, as well as cleansing the body of any built-up toxins. The green tea is also loaded with antioxidants and nutrients to help with weight loss, lower cholesterol and also promotes healthy brain activity. It has a lovely aromatic and sweet flavour that you'll want to to guzzle down in a flash!

Benecol Fruit Yoghurt

Benecol's healthy yoghurt drinks help protect your heart by lowering cholesterol levels. How? It's all thanks to an impressive-sounding ingredient called Plant Sanol Ester, which blocks cholesterol from entering the bloodstream. Studies suggest it can reduce LDL cholesterol by up to 14% as part of a healthy diet and lifestyle. Oh, and bursting with fruit, this counts as one of your five-a-day.

Benecol yoghurt drink, £3.85 for pack of 6, Sainsbury's and other nationwide supermarkets

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Arizona Green Tea With Ginseng Honey

Bursting with health benefits, AriZona Green Tea is a fruity cocktail with an assortment of exotic flavours. Infused with detoxifying ginseng honey, this has a calming effect on the body and works to reduce stress levels, as well as cleansing the body of any built-up toxins. The green tea is also loaded with antioxidants and nutrients to help with weight loss, lower cholesterol and also promotes healthy brain activity. It has a lovely aromatic and sweet flavour that you'll want to to guzzle down in a flash!

Sirco Fruit Juice

This 100% pure fruit juice contains a (tasteless) tomato extract, Fruitflow, that boasts proven heart and circulation benefits. It works by flattening the blood platelets and stopping them from clotting: it's these clots that causes heart attacks and strokes. Studies show these benefits can't be achieved through drinking the same amount of tomato juice.

Rubicon Papaya

Papayas are a rich source of the phytochemical lutein, which is essential for good eye health. It's naturally present in the macula area of the retina, which is responsible for central vision. Research suggests lutein can reduce the risk of Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) - a major cause of blindness in the elderly.

Sunraysia Pure Squeezed Prune Juice

No, prune juice isn't just good for making you go to the loo! It helps protect against free radical damage, by neutralising stomach acids, accelerating digestion and protecting skin cells. Prunes are also a good source of potassium, which helps normalise blood pressure. Sunraysia's prunes come from Agen in south-west France, one of the world's richest sources of the fruit.

Yumberry Organic Yang-Mei Juice

The yang-mei berry has been used in Chinese medicine for the past 1,400 years, as a cure for all sorts of common complaints. Some examples? Headaches, stomach upsets and that all-too-familiar condition, 'muddle-head syndrome'. The berries contain powerful antioxidants, which are said to be 50 times stronger than vitamin E and 20 times stronger than vitamin C. Impressive!

So Be V Water

This vitamin-enriched water comes in six different varieties with various health-boosting properties. Our favourites? V Water Shield contains vitamin C, zinc and echinacea, all of which help support the immune system. And V Water Kick gives the body a great pick-me-up, thanks to the hydro-powered combination of B vitamins and ginseng.

Pomegreat 100% Pure Pomegranate Juice

Pomegranates have long been revered for their health benefits, largely thanks to their super-high antioxidant levels, which are three times greater than that of red wine or green tea. A recent trial revealed that drinking just 250ml of pure pomegranate juice daily for two weeks helped reduce blood pressure in 60% of respondents. Completely natural, packed with goodness and full of flavour, this powerful pick-me-up will quench thirst and give your body a healthy boost.

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